New Jersey § 54:4-3

§ 54:4-3.

All exemptions from taxation under P.L.1948, c. 259 ( C.54:4-3.30 et seq. ) shall be allowed by the assessor upon the filing with him of a claim in writing

under oath, made by or on behalf of the person claiming the same, showing the right

to the exemption, briefly describing the property for which exemption is claimed and

having annexed thereto a certificate of the claimant's honorable discharge or release

under honorable circumstances, from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States and a certificate from the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs or its successor, certifying to a service-connected disability of such claimant of

the character described in section 1 of P.L.1948, c. 259 ( C.54:4-3.30 ). In the case of a claim by a surviving spouse of such veteran, the claimant shall

establish in writing under oath that the claimant is the owner of the legal title

to the premises on which exemption is claimed; that the claimant occupies the dwelling

house on said premises as the claimant's legal residence in this State; that the

veteran shall have been declared, either during the veteran's lifetime or after the

veteran's death, by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs to have or to have had a service-connected disability of a character described in

this act, or, in the case of a claim for an exemption under subsection c. of section

1 of P.L.1948, c. 259 ( C.54:4-3.30 ), that the veteran shall have been declared to have died in active service ; that the veteran was entitled to an exemption provided for in this act, except

for an exemption under paragraph (2) of subsection b. and subsection c. of section

1 hereof, at the time of death; and that the claimant is a resident of this State

and has not remarried. Such exemptions shall be allowed and prorated by the assessor for the remainder

of any taxable year from the date the claimant shall have acquired title to the real

property intended to be exempt by this act. Where a portion of a multiple-family building or structure occupied by the claimant

is the subject of such exemption, the assessor shall aggregate the assessment on the

lot or curtilage and building or structure and allow an exemption of that percentage

of the aggregate assessment as the value of the portion of the building or structure

occupied by the claimant bears to the value of the entire building or structure.